A LITTLE HUMOR II

"All I ask is
the chance
to prove that
money can't
make me happy"
: )
anonymous

TIME FOR A LITTLE HUMOR

"I had amnesia
once...or maybe
twice.
I forgot"

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT III

When you
can't see the
light at the
end of the
tunnel, turn
to The Light
of the world.




"I am The Light of the world . Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." Jesus
John 8:12

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT II

"Cast your cares
upon the Lord
and He will
sustain you."
Psalm 55:22

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Heaven helps
those who
can't help
themselves.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

Heaven knows
your name.




















Luke 10:20b

TIME WILL TELL

I have never
had much
success with
growing
tomatoes, but
am trying
again.
This variety
is meant for
"patio"
growing.





Maybe the new deck will be the missing ingredient of the past.
How could anything not want to show off there? : )

FREE WILL

"God does not force us to praise Him;
His glory is not diminished by our ignoring Him and remain in our persistent preoccupations.
Instead, we are diminished in our refusal to acknowledge, constantly, His awesome glory.
The skies are grayer, the challenges more daunting, the frustrations more grating each day we forget His dazzling splendor.
In the early quiet, express to Him your wonder at His magnificent greatness, His tender mercy, His boundless love, and see for yourself if His glory is surely somehow reflected in your praise." msj

YOUR CHOICE

TFT: "The experiences of life color our lives, but we can choose the color." (found among Mom's papers)

I think she probably chose pink.

CARBONDALE II

As a part of our trip to Carbondale, we attended a Piano and Oboe Recital presented by the Southern Illinois Music Festival. It was very enjoyable.
But what made this so very special is that it was presented at the United Methodist Church, which is the church my grandparents and my mother and her sister attended, and the church we always went to while in Carbondale.
Even more meaningful to me (and I think to Mike and Peggy too) is that it is the church where my Mom and Dad were married; and in fact it is where they met while Dad was attending school in Carbondale and living with his brother Fred's family.
This is a picture of the church taken on their wedding day, July 17, 1929






This is a
picture taken
Sunday.







Although it
looks very much
the same as
it did 80 years
ago; I wanted
you to see how
it has grown.
Grandmother,
Granddad and
Mom and Dad
would be so
pleased, as
am I.




"I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it." Jesus
Matthew 16:18

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

My mother grew up in Carbondale, Illinois.
I have many fond memories of childhood visits to Grandmother and Granddaddy Holmes house on West Oak Street
We usually went there for Thankstgiving and Christmas, and my brother, Bob, and my cousin, Joy, would spend several weeks there each summer. We always had such a grand time.
For the past few
years I have had
a little empty place
in my heart that
was tugging me to
go to Carbondale
one more time...
just to remember.
Sunday, Mike and
Peggy took me there. We spent a while just
looking around, and they listened attentively
while I recalled those good times so long ago.

Here I am
holding a picture
taken in 1946, the
day that
Grandmother
left to move to
Cape.

This is how
it looked then.
Mother always
referred to it
as "408".







The empty spot is
all healed over.
More tomorrow...

NO NEED TO GILD

"Therefore to be possess'e with double pomp,
To guard a title that was rich before,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess."
Salisbury, in Shakespeare's King John, 1595.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/gild-the-lily.html

GROWING WELL

TFT: "Don't fear the future..
God's already there."
author unknown

THE COLOR PURPLE

"God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us."
Saint Augustine

THE KITCHEN SINK

"Thank God for dirty dishes,
they have a tale to tell.
While so many folks go hungry,
We're eating very well.

For by the stack of evidence,
I shouldn't want to face,
With home and health and happiness
God's been good to us"
author unknown

NEW DOG ON THE BLOCK

"Here I am!"







"Welcome to
the
neighborhood."






"Just follow
me and I'll
show you
around."








TFT: "In hospitality, the chief thing is the good will." Greek proverb

THE NEW DECK

From before I moved in, I knew that someday I wanted a deck outside my back door.....and now it has happened!
I really like
it...hope
you do too.













TFT: "Life is a dance, God's love is the music." author unknown

FROM JERRY'S GARDEN

"Know by the light of faith that God is present, and be content with directing all your actions toward Him." Brother Lawrence